The Malay language, through its history has experienced both pidginization and creolization. This occurred mostly through inter-island trading and interaction where people from various ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds met. Malay, particularly in Eastern Indonesia, was brought by traders and missionaries, particularly during Dutch colonization over three centuries. As the result, for daily speaking, Malay has been blended with many European languages as well as local languages.

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  • The Malay language, through its history has experienced both pidginization and creolization. This occurred mostly through inter-island trading and interaction where people from various ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds met. Malay, particularly in Eastern Indonesia, was brought by traders and missionaries, particularly during Dutch colonization over three centuries. As the result, for daily speaking, Malay has been blended with many European languages as well as local languages. The creoles are based on Malay, but highly influenced by European and indigenous structures. For example: 'Rumah saya' becomes 'Saya punya rumah': "My house" 'Saya pukul dia' becomes 'Saya kasih pukul dia': "I hit him" 'Ini bukan milik Mama' becomes 'Ini bukan Mama punya': "It is not Mom's belongings" 'Megat dipukul Robert' becomes 'Megat dipukul dek Robert': "Megat is hit by Robert" In pronunciation, the creolized Malays are also influenced by local phonological systems, and, in Eastern Indonesia, nasalization and simplification are common, such as : 'makan' becomes 'makang' 'pergi' becomes 'pigi', or 'pi' 'terkejut' becomes 'takajo' 'lembut' becomes 'lombo' 'dapat' becomes 'dapa' There are several varieties of Malay Creoles which scattered through Indonesia:
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  • The Malay language, through its history has experienced both pidginization and creolization. This occurred mostly through inter-island trading and interaction where people from various ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds met. Malay, particularly in Eastern Indonesia, was brought by traders and missionaries, particularly during Dutch colonization over three centuries. As the result, for daily speaking, Malay has been blended with many European languages as well as local languages.
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  • Malay-based creole languages
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